In 2021, 89 percent of users with low formal education in Iceland replied that they used the internet to find information about goods and services. A higher share of users with medium or higher education tended to use the internet for this purpose. According to the survey, 93 percent of people with a medium level of formal education, and 97 percent of users with a high degree of formal education informed themselves about goods and services online. The gap between people with low and high formal education therefore was eight percent.
Share of people in Iceland using the internet to inform themselves about goods and services from 2014 to 2021, by formal education
Low formal education: At most lower secondary education; Medium formal education: Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education; High formal education: Tertiary education
Supplementary notes
No data available for 2015, 2016.
The European questionnaire on Information and Communication Technologies Data reveals that there exists a disparity between the internet usage of people with a low (At most lower secondary education), medium (Upper secondary and post-secondary non-tertiary education), and high (Tertiary education) formal education level. This disparity although present in most countries, differs widely in its severity.
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